President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is scheduled to take the oath of two new ministers this morning (Feb. 21). The two new ministers who will be sworn in by the President are Air Chief Marshal (ret) Hadi Tjahjanto and Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY).

It seems like the ruling party PDIP is not learning from their defeat in the 2024 presidential election. The Party has not been proactive in approaching the other political parties to join their cause of becoming the opposition to the next administration of Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka, who is the eldest son of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo held a dinner meeting with media mogul Surya Paloh, who is the chairman of Nasdem Party, at the State Palace Jakarta last night (Feb. 18). The meeting is worth highlighting in relation to Nasdem’s position after 2024 election in Jokowi’s administration and the next administration of Prabowo-Gibran.

The ruling party PDIP gave a positive response to a potential meeting between its matriarch, Megawati Soekarnoputri, and media mogul Surya Paloh, who is the chairman of Nasdem Party. Earlier, Nasdem revealed a plan of a meeting between Paloh and Megawati soon in the near future. The meeting, if it happens, is worth monitoring in relation to a question on the position of both parties after 2024 election and toward the next administration.

Ganjar Pranowo, a presidential candidate from a coalition led by the ruling party PDIP, still cannot believe that he ended up at the bottom with such a small amount of votes based on quick count from seven pollsters. Ganjar, who is also former governor of Central Java for two periods, considered it as an anomaly because the quick count from the same pollsters also pointed to PDIP’s victory in the legislative election.

The party at Prabowo-Gibran camp started Wednesday (Feb 14) afternoon with Prabowo’s long speech. This morning, data from the General Election Commission (KPU) pointed to 55.97% votes for Prabowo-Gibran from 39.33% votes counted nationwide. This is a landslide victory because Prabowo win in almost all provinces, bigger than Jokowi’s victories in 2014 and 2019, among others thanks to huge support from Jokowi and his supporters who believe that Prabowo’s victory is like a ‘third term for Jokowi’.

Apart from the dynamics between political parties, it’s truly worth monitoring the relationship dynamics between President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Prabowo Subianto, who based on quick count from all polling agencies wins 2024 race and will become his successor. The dynamics between these two key figures will affect the remaining eight months of Jokowi’s administration and the next administration under Prabowo.

Quick count from all polling agencies, including Litbang Kompas, the research division of Kompas (the largest newspaper in Indonesia), pointed to a landslide victory for Prabowo-Gibran in one round. Ganjar-Mahfud and Anies-Muhaimin, however, have not yet conceded, waiting for the real count from the General Election Commission (KPU). Moreover, Ganjar-Mahfud believes that there is a structured, massive, and systematic fraud in the election.

Long live nepotism! Nepotism is everywhere in the country. That’s how we recruited our doctors, taxman, policeman, military leaders, regents, governors, and now president and vice president. Now that Prabowo-Gibran is on the brink to win the president and vice president election, we can expect stronger nepotism going forward.

Quick count from various polling agencies pointed to no surprises in legislative election, whilst less than 10% samples have been counted. PDI-P maintains the lead, followed by Golkar, Gerindra, and PKB, four political parties currently have most seats in the House of Representatives (DPR).